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WISER LEADERSHIP & SELF-MASTERY
Time for Wisdom
The MORE model and how to grow your wisdom intentionally
“I would never work for you. You can’t manage me you’re too young.”
This was said to me by a slightly older man several years ago. At a wake, bizarrely. And I promise you I didn’t deserve it (this time).
“Sure but some older people haven’t learnt much from their experience, some younger people squeeze a lot of learning a lot from every life event.” OK, my response probably wasn’t that eloquent, but that’s how I choose to remember it.
But at a time when everyone seems to have had their view of work and life challenged in a fundamental way, and we seem on a global level to be hungry for wiser leadership, is there a way that we can consciously grow wisdom? I have spent a lot of time researching this question but more importantly constantly reinventing my personal approach to getting wiser.
Wisdom is What You Think It Is
Experts on the topic of wisdom (e.g. this study) generally agree with what most people in the street would say about it:
- It comes with age
- It allows you to navigate the problems in life
- It’s a bit like…
